Case Lab

Case Lab puts what you’ve learned to work. Instead of testing one idea at a time, each case gives you a short clinical scenario and asks you to recognise, differentiate, and connect what you find — the way you’d actually build a mental state description, one observation at a time.

Reference is where you look something up. Practice is where you test yourself on one idea at a time. Case Lab is where you put it together in a scenario.

Cases come in two formats. Quick Case: read the vignette, then reveal the explanation. Guided Case: work through a connected sequence of questions and feedback, building toward an integrated conclusion.

Perception Ch. 3

• "It must just be a bit tired today" Guided Case
• Voices in the running tap, and a smile that doesn't fit Quick Case
• "There was definitely nothing there" Guided Case
• "I hear her, but I know it's in my head" Guided Case
• A voice heard "in my head," not in the room Quick Case

Thought & Speech Ch. 4

• "He describes it all so calmly, that's what struck me most" Guided Case
• "At least now I know what it was about" Guided Case
• "The traffic light turned red, and I knew" Quick Case
• From the weather to a wedding in under a minute Quick Case
• "I never actually got an answer" Guided Case
• Three points on a spectrum of conviction Guided Case
• "I know now that it's all my fault" Guided Case
• The sentence that stopped in the middle Quick Case
• "They're not my thoughts, and everyone can hear them anyway" Guided Case

Memory Ch. 5

• "Oh, I had a lovely breakfast with my sister" Quick Case
• "He was completely certain, and completely wrong" Guided Case
• "I've never been here before, but I have" Quick Case
• Three kinds of unusually vivid memory Guided Case
• Three ways a history can mislead Guided Case
• The ten minutes before the fall Quick Case

Emotion Ch. 6

• "I went, but I didn't feel any of it" Quick Case
• Three flavours of elevated mood Guided Case
• "Everyone says he seems fine, but look at how long it takes him to answer" Guided Case
• Three tempos of pathological fear Guided Case

Experience of Self Ch. 7

• "Like I'm behind glass, and none of it touches me" Guided Case
• "Like I'm watching it through glass" Quick Case

Motor Ch. 8

• "I just can't sit still, doctor" Guided Case
• The patient who would not move, except in one small way Quick Case
• "His face doesn't move, but his eyes follow you round the room" Guided Case
• The gesture that came back unasked Quick Case
• Four ways a catatonic limb can respond Guided Case

Consciousness Ch. 9

• Tiny figures on the ceiling, and no idea what day it is Quick Case
• "There was definitely someone talking about me" Guided Case
• Slow, blank, and quiet after the infection Quick Case

Personality Ch. 10

• "One minute I love them, the next I can't stand them" Quick Case
• "I'd rather he decided, honestly" Quick Case
• "The only person who has ever truly understood her" Guided Case
• "Most people just don't operate on my level" Quick Case